Fly-trap.



S. LOUVIERE. FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION TILED APRA, 1013.

1 972,342 Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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SAMUEL LOUVIERE, OF UNION, LOUISIANA.

FLY-TRAP.

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To All when) 1' It may concern:

lie it known that I, SAMUEL l louvmnn, a citizen of the United States, residing); at Union, in the parish of bit. James and State ct Louis ana, have invented new and usc'tul lnnn-ovements in Fly-Traps, of which the tollowing a Specification.

My invention relates to a fly trap and has tor its primary object to provide a trap body into which the flies may be lured by the nesencc ot a suitable bait and which includes interiorly disposed means tor drowninp, the flies after the same become entrapped within the body of the device.

A "turthcr object of the invention is to provide a trap ot the character set 'lort'n ravine; an opaque wall provided with a plurality o'li small apertures through which the llies may enter the interior o t the trap body, and which is further provided with a transparent wall disposed oppositely with respect to the said opaque wall, the container tor the drowning liquid being disposed adjacent the transparent wall so that the flies being attracted by the bait within the receptacle, will enter the openings in the opaque wall and, when they attempt to escape, they will naturally tly toward the transparent wall with the result that they will tall into the receptacle containing soap suds or other suitable liquid and will be drowned.

a l still further object is the provision ot a trap of the class described which is ot the simplest possible construction so as to he inexpensive in the cost o'l manu'lacture and easy to operate, and whose angular arrange ment at the walls and other operative parts is such as to render the trap most ellective in use.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrai'igcmcnt of parts, hereinafter "fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l. is a front elevation of the trap. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal, vertical sectional view taken through the device.

The trap, as illustrated in the ttCCOlTlPll nying drawing, is to be constructed almost entirely of thin sheet metal or other lightweight, opaque material. The base, or bottom wall 1 of the trap body is preferably rectangular in shape and triangular side walls 9. project upwardly from the base with their long edges 23 disposed iEm-wardly. A,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1913.

Patented Flep't. T13, if-3 i 3.

Serial No. 758,855.

l'ront wall 4- constructed of similar, opaque material connects the long edges 3 ol the side wall and is thus inclined upwardly and irarwardly, a handle 5 being provided thereon suitably near the upper edge thereof by which the trap may bev carried readily from place to place. The trout wall l is provided adjacent its lower. edge with a plurality o'l. relatively spaced, circular openings (3 through which llies, which have congregated upon the outer 'lacc ot the said wall, may gain entrance to the interior ol? the trap body. An upwardly and inwardly inclined bait sup 'iorting wall "i is provided within the body of the device connecting the side walls and bottom lhereo'l' adjacent the lront wall -l and is inclined at a lesser angle than the latter wall. Upon this supporting wall 7, molasses or other suitable substance may be spread to serve as a bait tor attracting the llies. The rear wall (it the trap body comprises a lowermost lixed section 8 ot" opaque material connecting the side walls and bottom .l, and an u mermost, slidable section 9 ol transparent material such as glass or the like, which is mounted within the vertical guides 10 provided upon the rear edges ol. the side walls 2. 'lhis. trimsparcnt wall section is extended upwardly past the upper edge 0'] the wall l to provide a manipulating extension ll which may be grasped in cllect ing the removal or insertion of the said wall section 'l'or purposes which will be set forth hereinafter.

The lower portion ol the trap body forms a receptacle l'or an insecticide, such as soap suds, which may be poured into the same upon removal of the transparent rear wall section El. .\s the rearmost edge 12 ot the bait. supporting wall 7 is disposed in spaced relation to the upper edge of the fixed section 8 of the rear wall considerable area of the soapy water is presented for the flies to Fall into.

W'hcn the trap is properly supplied. with insecticide and bait and is positioned in a suitable place, flies will be attractml by the bait and will gather upon the outer taco ol the trout wall -il-, whereupon they may gain entrance through the openings (3. Owing to the relative angular disposition of the opaque walls land 7, the tiles will, in their attempts to escape. lirom the trap, whereupon, they would naturally seek the light, lly swi'ltly in an inclined direction toward the lnmsparent section t) of the rear wall as they must necessarily fly rapidly in leaving the close quarters afforded between the Walls 4. and 7 and in this particular direction, the flies will strike the wall section 9 with considerable force so as to become momentarily stunned by the shock, whereupon they will fall into the insecticide contained within the receptacle previously described and will become drown-ed therein.

When the liquid receptacle has become sufliciently full of dead flies, its contents may be emptied by withdrawing the slidable wall section 9 and by tipping or inverting the trap body. By holding the trap in inverted position and by pouring hot Water through the apertures 6 in the front wall 4, those insects which may be lodged upon the bait supporting wall 7 may be drowned and washed off the said wall together with the bait positioned thereon, if it is so desired.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be apparent that I have provided a simple and inexpensive trap which may be employed effectively for entrapping and destroying flies or any other like insects. I. desire to have it understood, however, that i may resort to minor changes in the details of construct-ion as found necessary in practice without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A trap of the class described compris- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents" ing a hollow body having a bottom wall, opaque side walls projecting upwardly from the bottom wall, an opaque inclined wall connecting the side walls and'provided with perforations adjacent its lower edge, a

perforation's'adjacent its lower edge, a trans-' parent vertical wall connecting the side u walls and disposed oppositely with respect to the said inclined connecting wall, and a bait support provided within thetrap body beneath the perforated opaque wall and in angular relation thereto, a receptaclefor fluid insecticide being provided between the bait supporting wall and the transparent wall of the body.

In testimony whereof I my signa-v ture in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL LOUVIERE.

Witnesses F. CnANvIN, P. S. DANAS.

Washington, D. C. 

